Asus P5Q Deluxe dead but some caps are hot

[cav]

Hello everyone,

Recently a friend of mine gave me this motherboard and I noticed that, after I turn on the switch on the back of the psu, the caps and another piece between the 2 black pci-e x16 slots get hotter as the time passes.

If I try to turn on the motherboard, either using the onboard power button or the front panel ping, it does nothing.

Does it have any chance or it's better to recycle it?

[dragos2009]

Re: Asus P5Q Deluxe dead but some caps are hot

you have a shorted power regulator aka the black chip between the caps